Your piece was amusing and momentarily reassuring, but like you and Jacquelyn I feel sure this was an early, flawed sally which will inevitably be followed up in force and with careful planning and camouflage.
Your anecdote about the cops, the union, the IG, the police chief and Mother Jones lacks the structural complexity of what's going on today at a national level with the convergence of NIH funding and its relentless bullying of American scientists (viz. the David Sabitini tragedy) with Bill Gates, the use of the terrorism law to intimidate parents objecting to CRT, the hi-jacking of our nation's schools in the service of a perverted sexual agenda targeting school children, the legal institutionalization of LGBTQIA+ public policies, billionaire-owned media attacking any free-thinkers (including, predictably, the assault on billionaire Elon Musk), the destruction of millions of small businesses and the growing convergence of big-cap publicly listed companies with the Federal Government, the application of ESG to many of the issues already mentioned above and enforced by BlackRock, Vanguard and JP Morgan.
The bilateral cop:media relationship between the LAPD and Mother Jones, and the relatively simple vertical relationships between cops:union:IG:chief have no relevance to the complex, extremely well-funded, sophisticated structural consolidation happening right now as our own American oligarchs use cultural virtue signals to enforce obedience and subservience, and mobilize academia, traditional and social media, and the Federal government to implement the litmus tests and ensure compliance.
All the while bungling the basic tasks of government by destroying the currency, pushing a "Wag the Dog" war in Ukraine, allowing millions of illegal future "voters" to flood across the border, and hobbling the US economy.
LA survived old-fashioned corruption. The threat facing the United States of America from its internal enemies is becoming existential.
Agree - It makes some kind of twisted, convoluted sense. An Orwellian 'Ministry of Truth' could indeed be fun. For a while. Until its not. The problem with any thought control organization is that they tend to take themselves seriously. With possibly serious consequences to the sane. Look for an updated, more cleverly named DGB soon.
On reflection - you're right. Unfortunately. The usual descriptor is "secret police', whispered as you cower in your hideaway, waiting for the 3:00 AM knock on your door. Or for the crash of the battering ram. My European grandmother had stories... It's getting more difficult every day to discern a difference between dystopian fiction and daily life.
It will be called a "Health and Security Passport" or a "Wellness Pass" complete with digital ID and new currency...possibly in alleged deference to the WHO to combat the next bioweapon, err...viral pandemic.
edit: And in the unspoken, unnamed ID will be your social credit score to include "right think" analysis.
There is a letter that went between some of the railroad owners (robber barons) at the formation of the ICC, the Interstate Commerce Commision. This was the first federal regulatory agency. The ICC was created in 1887 to regulate railroad pricing because railroads are natural monopolies. I can't find the letter on the internet, but I think it was Jay Gould who told the others; (paraphrase) "don't oppose the formation of the ICC because the ICC doesn't know anything about railroads and they will have to come to us - we should be able to manipulate the new commission to our advantage."
What's funny to me is how after years of observing how the system works, stories like this (while quite interesting and fun to read) have literally zero surprise factor.
I love your story. It really demonstrates how the world really works, with groups and individuals fighting to protect their fiefdoms and reforms being co-opted.
“I almost had a new hobby” LOL! The thing is we still enjoy enough free speech here in the USA that such fun and games are possible. But if we don’t use aggressively use humor and discriminating intelligence to help illuminate and wake people up fast enough, there are some people who would love to start Saran-wrapping us to trees for “re-education” for not agreeing to mass formation psychosis narratives as in Ukraine recently.
You and "Böse Katze" are on the same page with this one. The crying, hysterical, scolding left are incapable of (intentional) humor, satire, irony or memes. Too bad. I'd been looking forward to a bit of entertainment myself.
Taking a guess here, that the Disinfo Board is not gone, will resurface for a round 2, in some form.
Oh, no doubt. But the new form will make it invisible and unreachable.
Jankowicz is a clown; Chertoff and Gorelick are truly terrifying.
Your piece was amusing and momentarily reassuring, but like you and Jacquelyn I feel sure this was an early, flawed sally which will inevitably be followed up in force and with careful planning and camouflage.
Your anecdote about the cops, the union, the IG, the police chief and Mother Jones lacks the structural complexity of what's going on today at a national level with the convergence of NIH funding and its relentless bullying of American scientists (viz. the David Sabitini tragedy) with Bill Gates, the use of the terrorism law to intimidate parents objecting to CRT, the hi-jacking of our nation's schools in the service of a perverted sexual agenda targeting school children, the legal institutionalization of LGBTQIA+ public policies, billionaire-owned media attacking any free-thinkers (including, predictably, the assault on billionaire Elon Musk), the destruction of millions of small businesses and the growing convergence of big-cap publicly listed companies with the Federal Government, the application of ESG to many of the issues already mentioned above and enforced by BlackRock, Vanguard and JP Morgan.
The bilateral cop:media relationship between the LAPD and Mother Jones, and the relatively simple vertical relationships between cops:union:IG:chief have no relevance to the complex, extremely well-funded, sophisticated structural consolidation happening right now as our own American oligarchs use cultural virtue signals to enforce obedience and subservience, and mobilize academia, traditional and social media, and the Federal government to implement the litmus tests and ensure compliance.
All the while bungling the basic tasks of government by destroying the currency, pushing a "Wag the Dog" war in Ukraine, allowing millions of illegal future "voters" to flood across the border, and hobbling the US economy.
LA survived old-fashioned corruption. The threat facing the United States of America from its internal enemies is becoming existential.
Yes. They won’t make the same mistake by telling us what they’re going to do next time. It’ll be all secret squirrel stuff.
Exactly. They're simply going to get a grim, boring librarian who hates musical theater, but is a civial war re-enactor…
She knew the great literati of Substack and Twitter were gunning for her. Scary Poppins was on her back foot!
Agree - It makes some kind of twisted, convoluted sense. An Orwellian 'Ministry of Truth' could indeed be fun. For a while. Until its not. The problem with any thought control organization is that they tend to take themselves seriously. With possibly serious consequences to the sane. Look for an updated, more cleverly named DGB soon.
It will never be "named" again. The next one will be very very quiet, or already is.
On reflection - you're right. Unfortunately. The usual descriptor is "secret police', whispered as you cower in your hideaway, waiting for the 3:00 AM knock on your door. Or for the crash of the battering ram. My European grandmother had stories... It's getting more difficult every day to discern a difference between dystopian fiction and daily life.
It will be called a "Health and Security Passport" or a "Wellness Pass" complete with digital ID and new currency...possibly in alleged deference to the WHO to combat the next bioweapon, err...viral pandemic.
edit: And in the unspoken, unnamed ID will be your social credit score to include "right think" analysis.
Anti-Vaxxers Have a Dangerous Theory Called "Natural Immunity." Now It's Going Mainstream, Says Mother Jones Senior Editor Kiera Butler
https://sagehana.substack.com/p/today-in-articles-that-didnt-age?s=w
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Nothing matters. Reality, facts. Nothing matters.
There is a letter that went between some of the railroad owners (robber barons) at the formation of the ICC, the Interstate Commerce Commision. This was the first federal regulatory agency. The ICC was created in 1887 to regulate railroad pricing because railroads are natural monopolies. I can't find the letter on the internet, but I think it was Jay Gould who told the others; (paraphrase) "don't oppose the formation of the ICC because the ICC doesn't know anything about railroads and they will have to come to us - we should be able to manipulate the new commission to our advantage."
The part about DeBlasio nearly made me wet myself. Made my day!
What's funny to me is how after years of observing how the system works, stories like this (while quite interesting and fun to read) have literally zero surprise factor.
ZERO. Very much so.
Last post for the day. I'll push the follow-up to yesterday's post to tomorrow, to avoid spamming everyone inbox.
Spam away, my friend. I always enjoy your posts and perspective.
I refuse to like this.
It would have been fun until they made it a federal offense to make false, time-wasting, or malicious reports, and prosecuted them vigorously.
Save your malign creativity for the next bad guy. Don't mourn this dogshit.
I love your story. It really demonstrates how the world really works, with groups and individuals fighting to protect their fiefdoms and reforms being co-opted.
>WHAT IF THEY HAD OPENED A TIP LINE?
Cue dark laughter echoing through all the image boards of the chans.
“to creative minds, it would also have been fun.”
Yes of course, with the dark fun of malign creativity! That is a term that should live in infamy.
The best laid plans are paved with good intentions. The road to hell of mice and men.
"New Yorkers mostly called to give their mayor lockdown tips about the things he could shove up his ass"
LOL!!!
“I almost had a new hobby” LOL! The thing is we still enjoy enough free speech here in the USA that such fun and games are possible. But if we don’t use aggressively use humor and discriminating intelligence to help illuminate and wake people up fast enough, there are some people who would love to start Saran-wrapping us to trees for “re-education” for not agreeing to mass formation psychosis narratives as in Ukraine recently.
You and "Böse Katze" are on the same page with this one. The crying, hysterical, scolding left are incapable of (intentional) humor, satire, irony or memes. Too bad. I'd been looking forward to a bit of entertainment myself.